Sentences with phrase «glacial melt contributes»

Glacial melt contributes as much as half of the region's flow (41, 42).

There has been no long - term comprehensive in - situ monitoring of glacial melt contributing to the knowledge of hydrology in the river basins of the Himalayan region.

Figure 6: Predicted percentage of glacial melts contributing to basin flows in the Himalayan basins (Source: predicted percentage flow data from Xu and others 2008 (44).

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Warmer tropics lead to higher atmospheric pressures and more sunny days over the Alaska Range, which contribute to more glacial melting in the summer, Winski said.

The melting of glacial ice contributes to sea - level rise, which threatens to «displace millions of people within the lifetime of many of today's children,» Moon writes.

Glacial melt is expected to contribute between 40 mm and 150 mm (depends on the model used) to sea level rise by the end of the century.

In addition, glacial melt from mountain systems, Greenland and Antarctica is contributing ever - increasing volumes of water to the global ocean, forcing on the waters» rise at ever - increasing rates.

Some polar and glacial ice will melt, and the oceans will warm; both effects will contribute to higher sea levels.

The retreat has been most noticeable at high elevations, driven in large part by warming temperatures contributing directly to melting and indirectly to more precipitation falling as rain rather than snow, in turn increasing the rate at which the glaciers move and increasing the size of glacial lakes, both decreasing ice cover.

This does not take into account how much sea level might swell from the metldown of the numerous small glaciers in Alaska, Argentina, Canada and Russia, which already contribute 60 percent of sea level rise from glacial melt.

Based on this historical record and the fact that the Laurentide melted away under summertime temperatures similar to those expected in Greenland by the end of this century, Carlson and his colleagues forecast glacial melting that contributes somewhere between 2.8 inches (seven centimeters) and 5.1 inches (13 centimeters) of sea level rise per year, or as much as a 4.3 - foot (1.3 - meter) increase by 2100.